Sunday, 9th November 1913: Jim Conley Faces Trial On Tuesday, The Atlanta Journal
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The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 9th November 1913,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.NegroCharged With Being Ac-cessory After Fact in Murderof Mary PhaganJim Conley, the negro sweeper at theNational Pencil factory, principal witness against Leo M. Frank, who is undersentence of death for the murder of Mary Phagan on April 26, will be put ontrial Tuesday before Judge B. H. Hill, of the criminal division of the Fultoncounty superior court.Conley is under two indictments, bothcharging him with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of the Phagangirl. These indictments are based upon his own admission that he assisted Frankin taking the girls body